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Benjamin L. Berger Full Professor and York Research Chair in Pluralism and Public Law
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario Phone: (416) 736-5867 � E-Mail: [email protected]
1. Education
DoctoroftheScienceofLaw(J.S.D)• SSHRCDoctoralFellow• Dissertation:“TheConceitsofCulture:Religionandthe
ConstitutionalRuleofLawinCanada”
YaleUniversity2008
MasterofLaws(LL.M.)• Canada-USFulbrightScholar• Thesis:“TheParadoxofReligiousFreedom”
YaleUniversity2004
BachelorofLaws(LL.B.)• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaGoldMedalist
UniversityofVictoria2002
BachelorofArtswithFirstClassHonours(B.A.,Hons)• ReligiousStudies• GovernorGeneral’sAcademicMedal;GoldMedalinArts
UniversityofAlberta1999
2. Positions Held
YorkResearchChair(Tier1)inPluralismandPublicLaw Jul2019–Present
FullProfessorofLaw,OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity• TeachingSubjectAreas:LawandReligion,CriminalLaw,the
LawofEvidence,ConstitutionalLawandTheory.• MemberofthefacultyoftheGraduatePrograminSocio-Legal
Studies• AffiliatedFacultyMember,CentreforJewishStudies
Jul2017–Present
FullProfessor(StatusOnly),DepartmentfortheStudyofReligion,UniversityofToronto
Fall2019–Present
AssociateDean(Students),OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity Jul2015–Jun2018
AssociateProfessorofLaw,OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity• TeachingSubjectAreas:LawandReligion,CriminalLaw,the
LawofEvidence,ConstitutionalLawandTheory.• MemberofthefacultyoftheGraduatePrograminSocio-Legal
Studies
Jul2011–Jun2017
AssociateProfessor(StatusOnly),DepartmentfortheStudyofReligion,UniversityofToronto
2014–2018
AssociateProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVictoriaCrossappointmentintheDepartmentofPhilosophy
TeachingSubjectAreas:CriminalLaw,LawandReligion,LawofEvidence,CivilLibertiesandtheCharter,LegalProcessMemberoftheFacultyofGraduateStudies
2009–2012
2010–2012
AssistantProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVictoria 2004–2008
BarristerandSolicitor
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BarofBritishColumbia(currentlynon-practicing)BarofOntario(currentlynon-practicing)
2010–Present2009–Present
LawClerktotheRt.HonourableBeverleyMcLachlin,ChiefJusticeofCanada
2002–2003
TemporaryArticles,ArvayFinlay,Barristers 2001
3. Research and Teaching Awards and Honours
CALT-ACPDPrizeforAcademicExcellence• “honoursexceptionalcontributiontoresearchandlawteaching
byaCanadianlawteacherinmid-career.”
2015
OsgoodeHallLawSchoolTeachingAward 2013
CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersScholarlyPaperAward• For“TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainst
theLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”
2010
TerryJ.WuesterTeachingAward,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria 2011,2006
FacultyofLawFirstYearClassTeachingAward,UniversityofVictoria 2007
4. Academic Scholarships, Awards, and Honours
ResearchandScholarship
TeachingOsgoodeHallLawSchoolTeachingAward 2013TerryJ.WuesterTeachingAward,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria 2011,2006FacultyofLawFirstYearClassTeachingAward,UniversityofVictoria 2007
YorkResearchChair(Tier1)inPluralismandPublicLaw 2019-2024CALT-ACPDPrizeforAcademicExcellence 2015YorkUniversityResearchLeader 2015CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersScholarlyPaperAward 2010SSHRCDoctoralFellowship 2007–2008Canada-U.S.FulbrightScholar(YaleUniversity) 2003–2004SirJamesLougheedAwardofDistinction 2003–2004ViscountBennettScholarship–LawSocietyofAlberta 2003–2004LawFoundationofBritishColumbiaGraduateFellowship 2003–2004LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaScholarship 2003–2004LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaGoldMedal(UniversityofVictoria) 2002GovernorGeneral’sAcademicMedal(UniversityofAlberta) 1999C.D.HoweMemorialFellowship(UniversityofAlberta) 1999GoldMedalinArts(UniversityofAlberta) 1999FacultyofArtsOutstandingAchievementMedal(UniversityofAlberta) 1999
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5. Research Funding
HarryArthursCollaborativeFund(OsgoodeHallLawSchool)• Co-applicant• “Fact-FindinginImmigrationDetentionReviews:
EvidenceLawmeetsAdministrativeLaw”
$2500 2019
SSHRCConferenceOpportunityGrant(YorkUniversity)• “TheRenaissanceofSovereigntyinFreedomof
Religion”
$1700 2018
SSHRCInsightGrant• Collaborator• “SeeingCrime:VisualEvidence,Victims,and
DomesticViolence”
$177,254 2014-2019
SSHRCInsightDevelopmentGrant• PrincipalInvestigator• “WrestlingwithTradition:Community,Authority,
andChangeinLawandReligion”
$75,000 2013-2015
SSHRCConnectionGrant• Co-Investigator• “LawontheEdge”jointconferenceoftheCanadian
LawandSociety/LawandSocietyAssociationofAustraliaandNewZealand
$50,000 2013-2014
SSHRCMajorCollaborativeResearchInitiative• Co-Investigator• “ReligiousDiversityandItsLimits:MovingBeyond
ToleranceandAccommodation”
$2.5Million
2010-2017
SSHRCSmallGrantsProgram(York)• “BetweenFreeExerciseandLaicité:Understanding
CanadianSecularism”
$4000 December2011–December2012
BLGSummerResearchProgram• “JusticeAgainsttheLaw:TheExceptioninthe
CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalImagination”
$12,000 Summer2009
LawFoundationofBritishColumbiaResearchGrant• ReligiousDiversityandtheRuleofLawinCanada
$20,000 2008–2010
SSHRCInternalResearchGrant(UVic)• CharterRights,NationalSecurity,andtheFederal
Courts
$8,000 2005–2006
6. Fellowships, Institutes, and Visitorships
VisitingProfessor• CentreforEthics• UniversityofToronto
2018–2019
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VisitingFaculty• BerkeleyCentrefortheStudyofReligion• UCBerkeley
March2014
VisitingResearchFellow• ReligioninthePublicSphereInitiative• DepartmentofReligiousStudies,UniversityofToronto
2013-2014
VisitingScholar• MasseyCollegeintheUniversityofToronto
2013-2014
VisitingProfessor• MonashUniversity,PratoProgram• Prato,Italy
May-Jun2013
Fellow,SIASSummerInstitutes• Topic–ThePolitical:Law,Culture,Theology• BerlinBrandenburgischeAkademiederWissenschaften
Summer2006
Fellow,SIASSummerInstitutes• Topic–ThePolitical:Law,Culture,Theology• YaleLawSchool
Summer2005
7. Editorial Activities
Editor-in-Chief,CanadianJournalofLawandSociety/RevueCanadienneDroitetSocieté
2014–2018
GeneralEditorofConstitutionalSystemsoftheWorld• SeriespublishedbyHartPublishing• Editedover20volumes
2008–Present
AdvisoryBoardMemberofAshgatePublishingseriesonLawandReligion 2014–Present
MemberofEditorialBoard,ReviewofConstitutionalStudies 2013–2018
OverseasReporter,CriminalLawJournal(Australia) 2005–Present
MemberofEditorialBoard,CanadianJournalofLawandSociety 2008–2014
MemberofEditorialBoard,StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses 2010–2013
BookReviewEditor,ReviewofConstitutionalStudies 2006–2013
8. Publications Peer reviewed marked with “R”
ForthcomingR “IstheParticularExceptional?TwoTheologiesofChosenness”inWinnifredSullivanand
ElizabethShakmanHurd,eds,TheologiesofAmericanExceptionalism(Bloomington:IndianaUniversityPress,forthcoming).
“IndividualizedProportionalityandtheExperienceofPunishment:AnEmergentParadigmforCanadianSentencing?”inJulianVRobertsandDavidCole,eds,MakingSenseof
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Sentencing(2d)(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,forthcoming).R WithLisaKerr,“MethodsandSeverity:TheTwoTracksofSection12”(Forthcoming)
SupremeCourtLawReview(2d). “IsStateNeutralityBadforIndigenousReligiousFreedom”inJeffreyHewitt,BeverlyJacobs,
andRichardMoon,eds.,IndigenousSpiritualityandReligiousFreedom(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,Forthcoming).
Books(Monographs,Casebooks,andEditedCollections) BenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffe,andJamesStribopoulos,ToEnsurethatJusticeisDone:
EssaysinMemoryofMarcRosenberg(Toronto:ThomsonReuters,2017). BenjaminL.BergerandRichardMoon,ReligionandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority(London,
UK:HartPublishing,2016).R BenjaminL.Berger,Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism
(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2015). HamishStewart,BenjaminLBerger,EmmaCunliffe,RonaldaMurphyandStevenPenney,
Evidence:ACanadianCasebook,4thed.(Toronto:Emond,2016).• (Authorofchapters6,7:character;credibility)
KentRoach,BenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffeandJamesStribopoulos,CriminalLawandProcedure:CasesandMaterials,11thed.(Toronto:EmondMontgomery,2015).
• (Authorofchapters2,5,14,17,18,19:limitsofcriminallaw;actusreus,provocation,self-defence,duress,andnecessity)
BenjaminL.BergerandJamesStribopoulos,eds.,UnsettledLegacy:ThirtyYearsofCriminalJusticeUndertheCharter(Toronto:LexisNexis,2012).
R HamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008).
BenjaminL.BergerandJamesStribopoulos(2012),57SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).• Introduction:“TheConstitutionofCriminalJustice”(2012)57SupremeCourtLaw
Review(2d)3-9.
JournalArticlesR “AssessingAdler:TheWeightofConstitutionalHistoryandtheFutureofReligiousFreedom”
(2019)39NationalJournalofConstitutionalLaw35-61. “ReformoftheDefenceofDuress(andNecessity)”(2018)66TheCriminalLawQuarterly
229-253.(WithSteveCoughlan,GerryFerguson,DonStuart,CarissimaMathenandPeterSankoff).
R “ReligiousFreedominCanada:ACrucibleforConstitutionalism”[2018]1QuadernidiDirittoePoliticaEcclesiastica111-125.
“ConstitutionalCases2016:AnOverview”(2017)81S.C.L.R.(2d)xli-lxix.(WithSoniaLawrenceandSpirosVavougios).
“RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2016)40CriminalLawJournal33-48.
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(WithProf.GerryFerguson) “SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”(2015)70SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)
337-363.R “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”
(2015)24(1)Social&LegalStudies47-63.R “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”
(2015)24(1)Social&LegalStudies47-63.R “TheVirtuesofLawinthePoliticsofReligiousFreedom”(2014)29:3JournalofLawand
Religion378-395.R “ReligiousDiversity,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(2014)29:1Canadian
JournalofLawandSociety103-122.R “ChildrenofTwoLogics:AWayIntoCanadianConstitutionalCulture”(2013)11:2
InternationalJournalofConstitutionalLaw319-338. “RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2013)37CriminalLawJournal315-329.
(WithProf.GerryFerguson) “ReasoningwithInferences:ThemesfromPriorConsistentStatementsandTraceEvidence”
(2012)92C.R.(6th)254-267.R “TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModern
ConstitutionalImagination”(2011)61:4UniversityofTorontoLawJournal579-616. “KeyTheoreticalIssuesintheInteractionofLawandReligion:AGuideforthePerplexed”
(2011)19:2ConstitutionalForumconstitutionnel41-52.R “Judges,JuriesandtheHistoryofCriminalAppeals”(2011)29:1LawandHistoryReview
297-302. “Section1,ConstitutionalReasoning,andCulturalDifference:AssessingtheImpactsof
Albertav.HutterianBrethrenofWilsonColony”(2010)51SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)25-46.
“RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2009)33CriminalLawJournal263-280.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)
“AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,theRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”(2009)47SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)101–125.
R “WrestlingwithPunishment:TheRoleoftheBCCourtofAppealintheLawofSentencing”(2009)162B.C.Studies25-51.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)
“ADueMeasureofFearinCriminalJudgment”(2008)41SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)161-192.
“TheReachofRightsintheSecurityState:ReflectionsonKhadrv.Canada”(2008)56C.R.(6th)268-277.
R “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”(2008)21:2CanadianJournalofLawandJurisprudence245-277.
“MoralJudgment,CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”(2008)41
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SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)513–552.R “WhiteFire:StructuralIndeterminacy,ConstitutionalDesign,andtheConstitutionBehindthe
Text”(2008)3:1JournalofComparativeLaw249-288.R “OntheBookofJob,Justice,andthePrecariousnessoftheCriminalLaw”(2008)4:1Law,
CultureandtheHumanities98–118.R “Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”(2007)45:2OsgoodeHallLawJournal277–314. “RecentDevelopmentinCanadianCriminalLaw"(2007)31CriminalLawJournal369–384.
(WithProf.GerryFerguson)R “EmotionsandtheVeilofVoluntarism:TheLossofJudgmentinCanadianCriminalLaw”
(2006)51:1McGillLawJournal99–128.R “OurEvolvingJudicature:SecurityCertificates,DetentionReview,andtheFederalCourts”
(2006)39:1U.B.C.LawReview101–137.• ReproducedinG.Chandana,ed.,HabeasCorpus:TheoryandPractice(Hyderabad:
TheIcfaiUniversityPress,2008)44–88. “RecentDevelopmentinCanadianCriminalLaw"(2006)30:2CriminalLawJournal100–114.
(WithProf.GerryFerguson) “UnderstandingLawandReligionasCulture:MakingRoomforMeaninginthePublic
Sphere.”(2006)15:1ConstitutionalForumconstitutionnel15-22.R “TheRuleinHodge’sCase:RumoursofitsDeathareGreatlyExaggerated.”(2005)84:1
CanadianBarReview47–74. “CriminalAppealsasJuryControl:AnAnglo-CanadianHistoricalPerspectiveontheRiseof
CriminalAppeals.”(2005)10:1CanadianCriminalLawReview1–41.• ReproducedinpartinJohnH.Langbein,RenéeLettowLernerandBruceP.Smith,
eds.,HistoryoftheCommonLaw:TheDevelopmentofAnglo-AmericanLegalInstitutions(NewYork:AspenPublishers,2009)703-05.
“RaceandErasureinR.v.Mann.”(2004)21C.R.(6th)58-64. “PeineForteetDure:CompelledJuryTrialsandLegalRightsinCanada.”(2003)48:2Criminal
LawQuarterly205-248. “UsingtheChartertoCureHealthCare:PanaceaorPlacebo?”(2003)8:1Reviewof
ConstitutionalStudies20-41.R “AChoiceAmongValues:TheoreticalandHistoricalPerspectivesontheDefenceof
Necessity.”(2003)39:4AlbertaLawReview848-863.R “TheLimitsofBelief:FreedomofReligion,Secularism,andtheLiberalState.”(2002)17:1
CanadianJournalofLawandSociety39-68. “PuttingaPriceonDignity:TheProblemofCostsinCharterLitigation.”(2002)26:3
Advocates’Quarterly235-251. “UsingStatutoryMeasurestoRedressRacism.”(2001)24:4Advocates’Quarterly449-466.R “ReadinginColours:HighlightingforActiveReadinginReligiousStudies.”(2001)4:1
TeachingTheologyandReligion27-31.(Co-authoredwithDr.StephenEngler)
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R “QoheletandtheExigenciesoftheAbsurd.”(2001)9:2BiblicalInterpretation:AJournalofContemporaryApproaches141-179.
R “PicturingtheProphet:FocalizationintheBookofJonah.”(2000)29:1StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses55-68.
R “CalvinismandtheProblemofSuspenseinthePilgrimsProgress.”(1998)8BunyanStudies:AJournalofReformationandNonconformistCulture28-35.
ChaptersinBooks “WhatHumilityIsn’t:ResponsibilityandtheJudicialRole”inMarcusMooreandDanielJutras,
eds.,Canada’sChiefJustice:BeverleyMcLachlin’sLegacyofLawandLeadership(Toronto:LexisNexis,2018),569-593.
R “LiberalConstitutionalismandtheUnsettlingoftheSecular”inRexAdhar,ed.,ResearchHandbookonLawandReligion(Northampton,Mass:EdwardElgar,2018),198-220.
“RiskandtheRoleoftheJudge:LessonsfromBail”inBenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffe,andJamesStribopoulos,eds.,ToEnsurethatJusticeisDone:EssaysinMemoryofMarcRosenberg(Toronto:ThomsonReuters,2017),305-326.(withJamesStribopoulos).
“IntroductiontotheCollection”inBenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffe,andJamesStribopoulos,eds.,ToEnsurethatJusticeisDone:EssaysinMemoryofMarcRosenberg(Toronto:ThomsonReuters,2017),1-9(withEmmaCunliffeandJamesStribopoulos).
“FreedomofReligion”inNathalieDesRosiers,PatrickMacklemandPeterOliver,eds.,OxfordHandbookoftheCanadianConstitution(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2017)755-776.
“AgainstCircumspection:Judges,ReligiousSymbols,andSignsofMoralIndependence”inBenjaminL.BergerandRichardMoon,eds.,ReligionandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority(London:HartPublishing,2016)23-39.
“Introduction:ReligiousNeutralityandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority”inBenjaminL.BergerandRichardMoon,eds.,ReligionandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority(London:HartPublishing,2016)1-9.(WithRichardMoon)
R “Poetry,Mercy,andthePhenomenologyofJustice”inEhudBenZvi,ClaudiaV.Camp,DavidM.GunnandAaronW.Hughes,eds.,Poets,Prophets,andTextsinPlay:StudiesinBiblicalPoetryandProphecyinHonourofFrancisLandy(London:T&TClark,2015)175-190.
“SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”inDwightNewmanandMalcolmThorburn,eds.,TheDignityofLaw:TheLegacyofJusticeLouisLeBel(Toronto:LexisNexis,2015)337-363.
“ConstitutionalPrinciples”inMarkusDubberandTatjanaHoernle,eds.,OxfordHandbookofCriminalLaw(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2014)422-444.
R “PolygamyandthePredicamentofContemporaryCriminalLaw”inGillianCalderandLoriBeaman,eds.,Polygamy'sRightsandWrongs?PerspectivesonHarm,Family,andLaw(Vancouver:U.B.C.Press,2014),69-88.
R “TheAestheticsofReligiousFreedom”inWinnifredSullivanandLoriBeaman,eds.,VarietiesofReligiousEstablishments(SurreyandBurlington:Ashgate,2013)33-53.
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“MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameintheCriminalLaw”inFrançoisTanguay-RenaudandJamesStribopoulos,eds.RethinkingCriminalLawTheory:NewCanadianPerspectivesinthePhilosophyofDomestic,Transnational,andInternationalCriminalLaw(Oxford:HartPublishing,2012)117-140.
“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”inCourtneyBenderandPamelaE.Klassen,eds.,AfterPluralism:ReimaginingReligiousEngagement(NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress,2010)98-126.[RevisedversionofarticleinCanadianJournalofLawandJurisprudence]
ContributingAuthorforMcWilliams’CanadianCriminalEvidence,4thed.bytheHonourableJusticeCaseyHill,DavidM.Tanovich,andLouisP.Strezos(CanadaLawBook,2007).
• AuthorofChapter13:TheLawofPrivilege• AuthorofChapter14:PublicInterestImmunity
“ADueMeasureofFearinCriminalJudgment”inJamieCameroned.,ReflectionsontheLegacyofBerthaWilson(Toronto:LexisNexis,2008),161-192.[ReprintedfromtheSupremeCourtLawReview]
“Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”inRichardMooned.,LawandReligiousPluralisminCanada(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),264-296.[RevisedversionofarticleintheOsgoodeHallLawJournal]
R “Introduction:DoesLawMatter?TheNewColonialLegalHistory”inHamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),1-12.(WithProf.HamarFosterandA.R.Buck)
R “FromHumblePrayerstoLegalDemands:TheCowichanPetitionof1909andtheBritishColumbiaIndianLandQuestion”inHamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),240-267.(WithProf.HamarFoster)
“MoralJudgment,CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”inJamieCameronandJamesStribopoulos,eds.,TheCharterandCriminalJustice:Twenty-FiveYearsLater(Toronto:LexisNexisButterworths,2008)513-522.[ReprintedfromtheSupremeCourtLawReview]
BookReviewsandReviewEssays
“NarrativesofSelfGovernmentinMakingtheCase”(byPaulKahn)(2017)18:1JournalofAppellatePracticeandProcess89-103.
ComparativeMatters:TheRenaissanceofComparativeConstitutionalLawbyRanHirschl(2015)49:3Law&SocietyReview797-801.
ArmingandDisarming:AHistoryofGunControlinCanadabyR.BlakeBrown(2013)34:1FortheDefence38-39.
ColourCoded:ALegalHistoryofRacisminCanada1900-1950byConstanceBackhouseand“Race,”RightsandtheLawintheSupremeCourtofCanadabyJamesW.St.G.Walker(2001)28:3OsgoodeHallLawJournal519-529.
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EditedJournalIssuesBenjaminL.Berger,SoniaLawrence,andEmilyKiddWhite(2018)83SupremeCourtLawReview
(2d).
BenjaminL.BergerandSoniaLawrence(2017)79SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).
BenjaminL.BergerandSoniaLawrence(2016)75SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).
BenjaminL.BergerandSoniaLawrence(2015)71SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).
BenjaminL.BergerandSoniaLawrence(2014)67SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).
BenjaminL.BergerandJamieCameron(2013),50OsgoodeHallLawJournal.• Introduction:“PatterningRightsConstitutionalism:ThirtyYearswiththeCharter”
(2013)50OsgoodeHallLawJournalvii-x.
BenjaminL.Berger,JamieCameron,andSoniaLawrence(2013)63SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).
BenjaminL.Berger,JamieCameron,andSoniaLawrence(2012)58SupremeCourtLawReview(2d).
BlogPostings
Op-EdsBenjaminBerger,“WhyQuebec’sreligious-symbolsbillwillfail”,GlobeandMail(16May2019,
online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
BenjaminBerger&LorneSossin,“ExamsShouldTestMentalAbility,NotMentalHealth”,NationalPost(22August2017,online:<nationalpost.com>.
BenjaminBerger,“QuebecDoesn’tNeedaNewCharter.ItGotaPerfectlyGoodOnein1975”,GlobeandMail(19September2013),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
BenjaminBerger&SeanRehaag,“StopVilifyingRomaRefugees”,TorontoStar(15September2012),online:<www.thestar.com>.
OtherPublications“IndividualizationandtheFutureofSentencing.”(February1,2019)Bartalk,online:
https://cbabc.org/BarTalk/Features/In-this-Issue/February-2019/Individualization-and-the-Future-of-Sentencing.
“InducingFundamentalisms:LawasaCulturalForceintheDomainofReligion.”(2012)9:3CanadianDiversity/DiversitéCanadienne25-28.
“Law’sReligion:AnIntroduction”inTheImmanentFrame:Secularism,Religion,andthePublicSphere:https://perma.cc/VX3V-83TW
“ThePathologiesofReligiousFreedom”inTheImmanentFrame:Secularism,Religion,andthePublicSphere:https://perma.cc/76CD-N6MC
“TheLegalUnintelligibilityofPrayer”inReverberations:NewDirectionsintheStudyofPrayer(ASSRCForum):https://perma.cc/6AKK-AA5Y
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“Law,Community,andReligiousArbitration.”(2006)44:1Outlook:Canada’sProgressiveJewishMagazine7-8.
“JudicialAppointmentsandOurChangingConstitution.”(September16,2005)TheLawyers’Weekly3.
“TrialByMetaphor:Rhetoric,Innovation,andtheJuridicalText.”(2002)39:3CourtReview30-38.
ContributortoAnnoDomini:JesusThroughtheCenturies,ExhibitionCatalogueandGuide.DavidGoa,LindaDistad,andMatthewWangler.ProvincialMuseumofAlberta,Edmonton,Alberta(Oct2000–Jan2001).
9. Judicial Consideration of Scholarship
“RiskandtheRoleoftheJudge:LessonsfromBail”inBenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffe,andJamesStribopoulos,eds.,ToEnsurethatJusticeisDone:EssaysinMemoryofMarcRosenberg(Toronto:ThomsonReuters,2017),305-326.(withJamesStribopoulos).
• RvTunney,2018ONSC961atpara26.
Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2015).
• McKittyvHayani,2019ONCA805atpara71.• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiavTrinityWesternUniversity,2018SCC32atpara264.• ETvHamilton-WentworthDistrictSchoolBoard,2017ONCA893atpara79.
“SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”(2015)70SCLR(2d).• RvChan,2019ONSC1400• RcBissonnette,2019CanLII8627(QCCS).• RvBlanchard,2018ABQB205atpara155.• RvKlaus,2018ABQB97atpara108.• RvSellars,2017BCSC2236atparas47-48.• RvYoung,2016ONCJ636at8.• RvSmith,2016ONCJ62atparas28-33.
“ReligiousDiversity,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(2014)29CJLS103.• LoyolaHighSchoolvQuebec(AttorneyGeneral),2015SCC12atpara48.
“ReasoningwithInferences:ThemesfromPriorConsistentStatementsandTraceEvidence”(2012)92CR(6th)254.
• RvKailayapillai,2013ONCA248atpara57.• RvLiard,2013ONSC5457atpara323.
“TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”(2011)61UTLJ579.
• RvSimmonds,2018BCCA205atpara17.• RvJenkins,2014ONSC3223atpara34.
“AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,TheRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”(2009)47SCLR(2d)101.
• RvNur,2013ONCA677atpara116.
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“TheReachofRightsintheSecurityState:ReflectionsonKhadrv.Canada(MinisterofJustice)”(2008)56CR(6th)268.
• RvCech,2009QCCS1041atparas192-193.
“Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”(2007)45:2OsgoodeHallLJ277.• ZhangvCanada(MinisterofCitizenship&Immigration),2012FC503atpara11.• RvKharaghani,2011ONSC836atpara173.
“EmotionsandtheVeilofVoluntarism:TheLossofJudgmentinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2006)51:1McGillLawJournal99–128.
• RvWillis,2016MBCA113atparas99and126.
“CriminalAppealsasJuryControl:AnAnglo-CanadianHistoricalPerspectiveontheRiseofCriminalAppeals”(2006)10CanCrimLRev1.
• LSJPA—151,2015QCCA35atpara57.
“TheRuleinHodge’sCase:RumoursofitsDeathareGreatlyExaggerated”(2005)84:1CanBarRev47.
• RvSNA,2018ABQB1052• RvRobinson,2017BCCA6.• RvVillaroman,2016SCC33atparas27-29.• RvYeo,2016PECA5atpara26.• RvGriffin,2008QCCA824atpara149.• HarrisvR,2008QCCA825atpara149.
“RaceandErasureinR.v.Mann”(2004)21CR(6th)58.• RvSynkiw,2010SKPC152atpara55.• RvYeh,2009SKCA112atpara146.• RvLessard,2007QCCS4793atpara21.
“UsingtheChartertoCureHealthCare:PanaceaorPlacebo?”(2003)8:1RevConstStud20.• MoorevBritishColumbia(MinistryofEducation),2008BCSC264atpara111.
“PeineForteetDure:CompelledJuryTrialsandLegalRightsinCanada.”(2003)48:2CriminalLawQuarterly205-248.
• RegisvR,2012QCCS4776atpara33.
10. Conferences, Workshops, and Colloquia Organized
“Fact-FindinginImmigrationDetentionReviews:EvidenceLawMeetsAdministrativeLaw”
• Co-organizer
March2020
OsgoodeColloquiumonLaw,Religion&SocialThought• lrst.osgoode.yorku.ca• Convenor
2011-Present
AnnualOsgoodeConstitutionalCasesConference• Co-Chair
Annuallysince2012
“SymposiuminHonouroftheHonorableMarcRosenberg” September2016
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• Co-OrganizedwiththeNationalJudicialInstitute
“SitesofMemory”• AcollaborationbetweentheReligioninthePublicSphere
Initiative,UniversityofToronto,andtheOsgoodeColloquiumonLaw,Religion&SocialThought
September2016
“ReligionandPublicAuthorityinCanada”• Co-organizedwithProfessorRichardMoon
November2014
“Canada’sRightsRevolution:ACriticalandComparativeSymposiumontheCanadianCharter”
• Co-organizedwithProfessorJamieCameron
September2012
“CriminalJusticeandLegalRights:Reflectingon30Years”• Co-chair• 15thAnnualConstitutionalCasesConference,OsgoodeHallLaw
School
May2012
LegalConsultationonOntarioHumanRightsCommissionCreedPolicy• Co-organizer• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,incollaborationwiththeOntario
HumanRightsCommission;theYorkCentreforPublicPolicyandLaw;andtheYorkCentreforHumanRights
March2012
11. Keynotes, Named Lectures, and Presentations
“Sentencing:TheCanadianApproach”(Invited)• KriminalwissenschaftlichesKolloquium• Georg-August-Universität• Göttingen,Germany
July2019
“Punishment,Suffering,andtheRuleofLaw”(NamedLecture)• ChiefJusticeThaneA.CampbellLectureshipintheLaw• LawFoundationofPEIandUniversityofPEI• Charlottetown,PEI
June2019
“‘Theinterestsoftrueequality’:UnderstandingtheIntersectionofReligiousFreedomandEquality”(Keynote)
• KeynoteatannualmeetingoftheCanadianAssociationofStatutoryHumanRightsAgencies
• Charlottetown,PEI
June2019
“FreeSpeechandthe(CanadianLegal)Academy”• RoundtableparticipantatCanadianAssociationofLaw
Teachersannualmeeting• Vancouver,BC
June2019
“JuryNullification,LegalPluralism,andReconciliation”• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualMeeting• Vancouver,BC
June2019
“OurShiftingUnderstandingofFreedomofReligion”(Invited) April2019
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• CBAYukonBranch• Whitehorse,Yukon
IndigenousRights,Sovereignty,andtheHeartofReligiousFreedom”(Invited)
• CentreforEthics,UniversityofToronto• Toronto,Ontario
April2019
“TheRenaissanceofSovereigntyinFreedomofReligion”(Invited)• MoritzCollegeofLaw,CentreforInterdisciplinaryLawand
Policy• DepartmentforComparativeStudies;CentrefortheStudyof
Religion;CentreforEthnicStudies• TheOhioStateUniversity,Columbus,OH
March2019
“Indigeneity,JuridicalMotion,andtheRenaissanceofSovereigntyinFreedomofReligion”(Invited)
• PublicLawConference• Melbourne,Australia
July2018
“AuthorshipandInterpretation:ContemplativeInsightsforConstitutionalHermeneutics”
• LSA&CLSAJointAnnualMeeting• Toronto,Ontario
June2018
“Wellness,Ethics,andLegalEducation”• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConference• Queen’sUniversity,Kingston,Ontario
June2018
“ReligionandtheCanadianConstitution:TheWeightofHistoryandtheFutureofReligiousFreedom”(NamedLecture)
• HughHKetcheson,QC,MemorialLecture• MinistryofAttorneyGeneral,GovernmentofSaskatchewan• Regina,Saskatchewan
November2018
“AssessingAdler:TheWeightofConstitutionalHistoryandtheFutureofReligiousFreedom”(Invited)
• AsperCentreConstitutionalLawSymposiumforCanada’sSesquicentennial
• Toronto,Ontario
October2017
“WhatDoesReligiousFreedomMeanintheCanadianContext?”(Invited)• CanadianInstitutefortheAdministrationofJusticeAnnual
Conference• Montreal,Quebec
October2017
“WhatImpactdoesLawhaveonReligion?”(Invited)• ReligionandDiversityProjectTeamMeeting• Ottawa,Ontario
October2017
“SitesofPluralism:ReligiousEquality,theIndividualandtheGroup” August2017
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• AmericanSociologicalAssociation,AnnualMeeting• Montreal,Quebec
“MentalHealth,Law,andLegalEducation”• WithLorneSossin• XXXVthInternationalCongressonLawandMentalHealth• Prague,Czechia
July2017
“TheInterpretiveBurdensofthePast:Text,HistoryandHermeneuticsinLaw&Religion”(Invited)
• LawandReligionWorkshop• UniversityofEdinburgh
June2017
“TheTroublewithBinaryResponsibility”(Invited)• Facultédedroit,UniversitéLaval• VersuneReeforemLeegislativeenDroitCriminel:Deuxiéme
ConférenceBiennalesureleDroitPénal
May2017
“ReasonableDoubtandCircumstantialEvidence:RvVillaroman”• TheLawSocietyofUpperCanada• TheSix-MinuteCriminalLawyer
April2017
“Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)
• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofOttawa• PublicLawGroupSpeakersSeries
November2016
“TheTRCandIndigenizingtheTeachingofCriminalLaw”• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConference• UniversityofCalgary
May2016
“Sovereignty,ReligiousFreedom,andIndigenousRights:AReflection”(Invited)
• Workshopon“ThePoliticsofReligiousFreedomatHomeandAbroad”
• NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston
May2016
“VarietiesofReligion:PerspectivesfromMultipleSites”• ReligionandDiversityProjectTeamMeeting• Montreal,Quebec
May2016
Discussant(Invited)• WorkshoponReligiousEducationinaDemocraticSociety• McGillUniversity
January2016
“Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)
• FacultyofLaw,Queen’sUniversity• FacultySpeakerseries
January2016
“TheMetastasizationofProportionalityinCanadianConstitutionalLaw”(Invited)
July2015
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• ConstitutionalLawConference2015• CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudies• UniversityofMelbourneLawSchool
“CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism?”(Invited)• FacultySeminarSeries• CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudiesandthe
AustralianSocietyofLegalPhilosophy• UniversityofMelbourneLawSchool
July2015
“CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism?”(Invited)• FacultySeminarSeries• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofNewSouthWales
July2015
“IssuesinSecularismandthe‘Secular’State”(Invited)• "Religiónenlaesferapública--Ley,derechosylaluchaporel
cuerpo"(ReligioninthePublicSphere--Law,RightsandtheStrugglefortheBody)
• HemisphericInstitute,NYU• HeldinBuenosAres,Argentina
June2015
“CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism:TetheredFates?”(Invited)
• Conferenceon“ConstitutionalisminCrisis:MultipleDimensions”
• HalbertCentreforCanadianStudies,TheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem
June2015
“Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofAlberta
February,2015
“Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheConceitsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)
• DepartmentofPoliticalScienceSpeakerSeriesonReligion,LawandPolitics
• NorthwesternUniversity
February2015
“BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andCivicInclusion”(Invited)
• LansdowneLecture• UniversityofVictoria
December2014
“EpistemicDisorderinContemporaryJustice:WhatweseeinthecaseofR.v.N.S.”
• CanadianAssociationofLawandSocietyAnnualConference• Winnipeg,MB
June2014
“BuildingNegativeCapability–TheTaskofLegalEducation?”• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConference• Winnipeg,MB
June2014
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“FaithinSovereignty:Religion’sRoleinthePoliticsofCanadianFederalism”
• CentralisimooSecessione?GliStatidecentratidifronteallacrisieconomica
• UniversitadiBologna,Italy
May2014
“Secularism,Sovereignty,andSymbols:TheCaseofQuebecandits‘CharterofValues’”(Invited)
• MaurerSchoolofLaw• UniversityofIndiana,Bloomington
April2014
“SovereigntyandSecularism/QuandariesofBelonging”(Invited)• SymposiumonReligion&Politics–HemisphericInstituteof
PerformanceandPolitics• NewYorkUniversity,NewYork
April2014
Panelon“ReligiousFreedomandReligiousInterventionism”(Invited)• InternationalStudiesAssociationAnnualMeeting• Toronto,Ontario
March2014
“TheRuleofLawandtheUnrulinessofReligion”(Invited)• BerkeleyCenterfortheStudyofReligion• UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
March2014
“Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)• ConstitutionalRoundtable• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofToronto
January2014
“Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)• SeniorCommonRoomSeries• UniversityCollege,UniversityofToronto
November2013
“Canada’sEvidenceRevolution”(Invited,withtheHon.IanBinnie)• CanadianInstitutefortheAdministrationofJusticeAnnual
Meeting• Toronto,ON
October2013
“Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)• ReligiousFreedomandEducation:APluralism,Religion,and
PublicPolicySymposium• FacultyofReligiousStudies,McGillUniversity
October2013
“EducatingSecularism:TheLegalStatusofStateEducationintheManagementofReligiousDiversity”
• 2013CLSAandLSAANZJointAnnualMeetings• FacultyofLaw,UBC
July2013
“MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameinCriminalLaw”(NamedLecture)
• 2013MichelProulxMemorialLectureinCriminalLaw• FacultyofLaw,McGillUniversity
April2013
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“BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(Invited)
• InvitedbytheChairederechercheduCanadasurlesidentitésjuridiquesetculturellesnord-américainesetcompares
• UniversitédeMontréal,Quebec
February2012
“BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”
• Socio-LegalStudiesLectureSeries• YorkUniversity,Toronto,Ontario
October2012
AnnualLawandReligionRoundtable(Invited)• HarvardUniversity
June2012
“ReligiousLegalPluralismandDemocraticBelonging”InternationalConferenceonLawandSociety
• Honolulu,Hawaii
June2012
“Rights,Conscience,andtheProjectofJustice”(Invited)• SocialJusticeandHumanRightsWorkshop,Institutefor
ChristianStudies• Toronto,Ontario
April2012
“BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(Invited)
• Workshopon“CivicEnculturation”• InstitutefortheStudyofCulture,Religion,andWorldAffairs
(CURA),BostonUniversity,Boston,Mass
April2012
“InducingFundamentalisms:LawasaCulturalForceintheDomainofReligion”(Invited)
• OntarioHumanRightsCommissionWorkshoponCreed• Toronto,Ontario
January2012
“CompetingConstitutionalNarratives:TheCaseofCanada”(Invited)• ConferenceonComparativeConstitutionalCultures• EuropeanUniversityInstitute,Florence(remotely)
January2012
RoundtableonCollectiveRights(Invited)• FacultyofLaw,WesternUniversity• London,ON
January2012
“TryingReligion:Multiculturalism,Religion,andLawinCanada”(Invited)• AssociationforCanadianStudiesandCanadianEthnicStudies
AssociationAnnualMeeting• Ottawa,Ontario
September2011
“TheAestheticsofReligiousFreedom”(Invited)• Workshopon“VarietiesofReligiousEstablishment”• St.ThomasUniversity,Fredericton,N.B.
November2010
“MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameintheCriminalLaw” September2010
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• Workshopon“RethinkingCriminalLawTheory”• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,ON
“WhatR.v.LatimerTellsusAboutourConstitutionalLives”• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualMeeting• ConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,QC
June2010
“Mercy,Conscience,andConstitutionalism:PerspectivesfromtheCriminalLaw”
• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationMid-WinterMeeting• YorkUniversity,Toronto,ON
February2010
“TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”
• InternationalWorkshoponConstitutionalismandtheCriminalLaworganizedbytheFacultiesofLawatTelAvivUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto
• UniversityofToronto,Toronto,ON
September2009
“ASymposiumonLawandSuffering”• ChairandPresenter• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria,Victoria,BC
August2009
“TheAdjudicativeChallengesofMulticulturalism”• NationalJudicialInstitute:JointCourtofQueen’sBenchof
ManitobaandCourtofQueen’sBenchforSaskatchewanEducationSeminar
• Onanole,MB
June2009
“IsReligiousMulticulturalismaNobleLie?”• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConference• CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario
May2009
“OfRetributionandRestoration:TheoriesofPunishmentattheB.C.CourtofAppeal”
• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConference• CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario
May2009
“AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,theRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”
• 2008ConstitutionalCasesConference• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,Ontario
April2009
“JusticeAgainsttheLaw:CompassionandtheExceptioninModernCriminalLaw”
• AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,CultureandtheHumanities
• SuffolkLawSchool,Boston,Massachusetts
April2009
“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”• PublicLecturefortheCentreforStudiesinReligionand
February2009
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Society,UniversityofVictoria• Victoria,B.C.
“TheLogicofProportionalityReviewandtheCriminalLaw:InstitutionalandCulturalPerspectives”
• InternationalWorkshoponConstitutionalismandtheCriminalLaworganizedbytheFacultiesofLawatTelAvivUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto
• TelAviv/DeadSea,Israel
December2008
“TheAdjudicativeChallengesofMulticulturalism”• NationalJudicialInstitute:ChallengesoftheMulticultural
Courtroom:EssentialToolsforCanadianJudges• Toronto,ON
December2008
“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociation/LawandSociety
AssociationGeneralmeeting• Montreal,QC
May2008
“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”• AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,
CultureandtheHumanities• UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
March2008
“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”• LegalTheoryWorkshop• FacultyofLaw,McGillUniversity,Montreal,QC
March2008
“ReligionThroughtheEyesofCanadianConstitutionalism”• FacultyWorkshop• SchoolofLaw,UniversityCollege,Dublin,Ireland
February2008
“MoralJudgment,CriminalLaw,andtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”
• FacultyandPublicPresentation• SchoolofLaw,UniversityofLimerick,Ireland
February2008
“MoralJudgment,CriminalLaw,andtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”
• CanadianJuniorScholars'Conference• McGillUniversity,Montreal,Quebec
January2008
“DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLawinCanada”
• NationalJudicialInstitute:EmergingIssuesSeminar• St.Andrew's,NB
October2007
“MoralJudgment,ReligiousFreedom,andtheCriminalLaw”• NationalconferenceontheCharterandCriminalJusticein
Canada
September2007
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• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,Ontario
“Religion,theCharterandCross-CulturalEncounter”• SaskatchewanInstituteofPublicPolicy,"ALivingTree:The
Legacyof1982inCanada'sPoliticalEvolution"• Regina,Saskatchewan
May2007
“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”• WesternCanadaEmergingScholarsIncubatorWorkshop• UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,BC
April2007
“TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”• AfterPluralism:ReimaginingModelsofInterreligious
Engagement• UniversityofToronto
March2007
“LawandReligion:ContemporaryIssuesforLegalTheoryinCanada”• FacultyofLaw,UniversityofAlberta• Edmonton,Alberta
November2006
“OnDemocraticNormsintheAgeofTerrorismandTheIdealofaCommonMorality”
• SIASInstituteon"ThePolitical:Law,CultureandTheology”• Berlin,Germany
July2006
“Law'sReligion:RenderingCulture”• Law,ReligionandSocialChangeInternationalConference,
ANU• Canberra,ACT,Australia
May2006
“EqualityandtheShapeofConstitutions:PerspectivesonLegislativeRightsfromCanadaandtheUS”
• CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudies• UniversityofMelbourne,Melbourne,Australia
May2006
“Law'sReligion:CultureandCanadianConstitutionalism”• AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,
CultureandtheHumanities• Syracuse,NY
March2006
“TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedom:ReligiousConscienceandCanadianConstitutionalism”
• UVicDean'sLectureSeries• Victoria,B.C.
November2005
“CanadianConstitutionalLawasCulture”• SIASInstituteon"ThePolitical:Law,CultureandTheology"• YaleUniversity,NewHavenCT
July2005
“BanishedFromLiberty'sTemple:SentencingObjectivesandtheHistoricalConstructionoftheCriminal”
• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConference
June2005
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• HarrisonHotSprings,BC
“TheCulturalChallengeofCanadianConstitutionalism”• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConference• Vancouver,BC
June2005
“TheBookofJob,Injustice,andthePrecariousnessoftheCriminalLaw”• AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,
Culture,andtheHumanities• Austin,TX
April2005
“UnderstandingLawasCulture:MakingRoomforMeaninginthePublicSphere”
• ConversationsonMarsHill:LectureSeriesontheIntersectionofReligionandCivilLife
• Edmonton,AB
December2004
12. Peer Review
PeerReviewofGrantApplications• SocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncil• IsraelScienceFoundation
PeerReviewofBookManuscripts• CambridgeUniversityPress• UniversityofTorontoPress• UniversityofChicagoPress• OsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistory
PeerReviewofJournalArticles(Selected)• LawandSocialInquiry• Law&SocietyReview• ElectionLawJournal• AsianJournalofComparativeLaw• UniversityofTorontoLawJournal• LesCahiersdeDroit• NewCriminalLawReview• CanadianJournalofLawandSociety• StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses• AlbertaLawReview• UniversityofBritishColumbiaLawReview• SaskatchewanLawReview• ReviewofConstitutionalStudies• Queen’sLawJournal• OsgoodeHallLawJournal
13. Professional Service and Scientific Panels
ExpertPanelonMedicalAssistanceinDying,PanelMember 2017–2018
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• CanadianCouncilofAcademies
NationalJudicialInstitute,FacultyMember• Participatedinover60nationalandregionalconferenceson
topicsincriminallaw,thelawofevidence,constitutionallaw,andsocialcontext
2006–Present
FrequentPresentationstoOtherProfessionalSocietiesandBodies• AssociationofJusticesofthePeaceofOntario• BritishColumbiaContinuingLegalEducationSociety• LawSocietyTribunal,Ontario• CanadianImmigrationandRefugeeBoard• SocietyofOntarioAdjudicatorsandRegulators• CollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeonsofOntario• ProvincialCourtJudgesAssociation
2005–Present
BritishColumbiaContinuingLegalEducationSociety• MasteringCivilEvidence
Spring2010
CanadianAssociationforProvincialCourtJudges,Consultant• ConsultantonWebsiteProject–ReligionChapter
Spring2006
Pro-BonoLegalConsultationonCridgeParkHomelessIssue 2005–2006
14. Memberships and Offices Held in Professional and Learned Societies
LawSocietyofBritishColumbia• BarristerandSolicitor
2010–Present
LawSocietyofOntario• BarristerandSolicitor
2009–Present
CanadianAssociationofLawTeachers• Member
2004–Present
CanadianLawandSocietyAssociation• Member
2004–Present
OsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistory• Member
2005–Present
CanadianLawandSocietyAssociation• DirectorAtLarge,Board(2009–2010)• Vice-President,Board(2010–2013)
2009–2013
YaleLawSchoolExecutiveCommittee• Member
2004–2010
CentreforStudiesinReligionandSociety,UniversityofVictoria• Member
2004–2011
ConsortiumonDemocraticConstitutionalism(DEMCON)• Member
2004–2011
SocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligion 2010–2012
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• Member
InternationalAssociationofConstitutionalLaw• Member
2010–2012
AssociationfortheStudyofLaw,Culture,andtheHumanities• Member
2005–2010
15. Advocacy
• CounselfortheCanadianCivilLibertiesAssociation• ArguedbeforetheSupremeCourtofCanadainthe
MatterofR.v.Caron• Co-counselwithJosephJ.Arvay,Q.C.
April2010
16. Media Engagement (Since 2011)
NickBoisvert,“Churchorillegaldispensary?Rastafarianconfidenthisfaithletshimexchangepotfordonations”CBC(29May2019),online:<www.cbc.ca>.
MahamAbedi,“Quebecisproposingareligioussymbolsban.LawexpertssayitviolatesCharterrights”GlobalNews(28March2019),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.
CBCSundayEditionwithMichaelEnrightontheNotwithstandingClauseinOntarioandQuebec,(25November2018).
PeterGoffin,"Courtcaseillustratesissueswhenvulnerablewitnessescan’ttestify",TorontoStar(22June2017),online:<www.thestar.com>.
SeanFine,"ChiefJusticeBeverleyMcLachlintoretireafterdecadesofpushingboundaries",GlobeandMail(12June2017),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
SeanFine,"SupremeCourtRulesPoliceCanSwabaSuspectedRapistWithoutaWarrant",GlobeandMail(23June2016),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
AshleyCsanady,“IsBeingaVeganaHumanRight?AdvocatesClaimProtectionUnderNewOntarioPolicy,butthatwasn’tthePoint",NationalPost(5February2016),online:<www.nationalpost.com>.
SamanthaCraggs,"GrievingFamilyTryingtoBana‘VictimBlaming’MurderDefence",CBCNews(17December2015),online:<www.cbc.ca>.
TedFlett,“AreweDoingEnoughtoOptimizetheStudentBody’sMentalHealth?",CanadianLawyerMag(30November2015),online:<www.canadianlawyermag.com>.
SeanFine,"StephenHarper’sAccidentalLegalLegacy",GlobeandMail(6November2015),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
SeanFine,“Thelawsoftheland:FromC-51tophysician-assisteddying,thenewLiberalgovernmentwantstoshape-andreshape-manyofthelawsthatgovernourday-to-daylives”,GlobeandMail(24October2015),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
"Trudeau’sFirstChallenges",GlobeandMail(23October2015),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
AlyshahHasham,“JusticeisBlindwhenitcomestoCanadianJurySelection",TorontoStar(5
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October2015),online:<www.thestar.com>.
TomHarpur,"CriminalJusticenotthatJust,orHumane",BarrieExaminer(15September2015),online:<www.thebarrieexaminer.com>.
JamesArmstrong,"CouldCourtDecisionBarringPrayerfromQuebecCouncilAffectParliament?",GlobalNews(15April2015),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.
SeanFine,“SupremeCourttoRuleonMandatoryMinimumJailTermsforGunPossession",GlobeandMail(14April2015),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
JamesArmstrong,"UnlikelyIndiana-StyleReligiousFreedomLawcouldmakeitinCanada",GlobalNews(31March2015),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.
PatrickCain,"TwoPredictionsaboutFriday’sQuebecGunRegistrydecision",GlobalNews(26March2015),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.
MarkGollom,“AlainPhilipponPhonePasswordCase:PowersofBorderAgentsandPoliceDiffer",CBCNews(6March2015),online:<www.cbc.ca>.
MiaRabson,"LifeSentenceisJustthatUnderBill",WinnipegFreePress(5March2015),online:<www.winnipegfreepress.com>.
“HarperWantsLifeSentencestobeLife”,Chronicle–Herald(5March2015).
PaolaLoriggio,"Harper's'LifewithoutParole'InitiativeaPoliticalMove,SayCritics",TheCanadianPress(4March2015),online:<www.nationalnewswatch.com>.
CBC–MetroMorning,“MobileSearch”(12December2014),online:<http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2014/12/12/mobile-search/>.
ErikaTucker,"WhatRulesMustPolicefollowtoSearchaCellphoneDuringArrest?",GlobalNews(11December2014),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.
SeanFine,“PolicecanSearchCellphonesinArrestswithoutWarrant,SupremeCourtRules",GlobeandMail(11December2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
JohnIvison,“ProvincesCouldKillNewProstitutionLawbyRefusingtoEnforceit”,NationalPost(8December2014),online:<www.nationalpost.com>.
SeanFine,"Crown‘upstheante’withOvercomingResistancebyChokingChargesAgainstGhomeshi",GlobeandMail(26November2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
ChristopherCurti,“RulingShows'Fix'wasPremature,LegalExpertsSay”,TheGazette(14November2014),online:<www.montrealgazette.com>.
SeanFine,"FairnessforVictimsActFacesMajorConstitutionalProblem",GlobeandMail(2September2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
SeanFine,“PoliceMustAllowHospitalizedDrunkDriverstheRighttoSeekCounsel:SupremeCourtRules”,GlobeandMail(18July2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
ErikaTucker,“What’stheBestWaytoRegulateProstitutioninCanada?”,GlobalNews(31March2014),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.
SeanFine,“SupremeCourtRulesthatLawCuttingSuccesstoEarlyDayParoleisUnconstitutional”,GlobeandMail(20March2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
SeanFine,“SupremeCourtHaltsuseofExpertOpinions”,GlobeandMail(20February2014),
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online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
SeanFine,“SupremeCourtHearingThursdayPitsOttawaagainstJudgesonSentencingLaw”,GlobeandMail(22January2014),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
ErikaTucker,"WhatCanada’sProstitutionLawscouldLookLikein2015”,GlobalNews(20December2013),online:<www.globalnews.ca>.
SeanFine,“PoliceNeedJudge’sSpecificPermissiontoSearchComputers,SupremeCourtRules”,GlobeandMail(7November2013),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
“TheCaseoftheGene-BearingSuspects”,GlobeandMail(11October2013),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
SeanFine,“SupremeCourtAllowsWideruseofPolice‘SnifferDogs’”,GlobeandMail(27September2013),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
SueMontgomery,“Proposalmaynotsurvivecourtchallenges;Quebeccouldinvokenotwithstandingclauseiflegislationgetsshotdown”,TheGazette(11September2013),online:<www.montrealgazette.com>.
CTVNews,“SupremeCourtofCanadaRulesonNiqabs”(20December2012),online:<http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=831343>.
MeganO’Toole,“ManAppealsRobberyConviction,SayingTorontoPolice‘Tortured’Him”,GlobeandMail(23May2012),online:<www.theglobeandmail.com>.
TraceyTyler,“ShouldJudgesMixCourtswithReligion?”,TorontoStar(13September2011),online:<www.thestar.com>.
“JudgeBlastsNiagaraPoliceOfficers,ChiefofPolice”,HamiltonSpectator(19August2011),online:<www.thespec.com>.
17. Teaching Experience
CriminalLaw(FirstYear)• LectureandSmallGroup• UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool
2004–Present
TheLawofEvidence• Lecture• UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool
2005–Present
Law&Religion• Seminar• UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool
2008–Present
CriminalLawandtheCharter:ImplicationsandExpectations• GraduateSeminar• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessionalDevelopment
2019
ProblemsofProof:AdvancedPerspectivesontheLawofEvidence• GraduateSeminar• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessionalDevelopment
2014;2016;2018
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VarietiesoftheSecular• IntensiveSeminar• MonashUniversity,PratoCampus
2013;2014
LawinaGlobalContext• GraduateStudyGroup• OsgoodeHallLawSchool
2011–2012
FundamentalFreedoms(withProf.JamieCameron)• GraduateSeminar• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessionalDevelopment
2012
CivilLibertiesandtheCharter• Seminar• UniversityofVictoria
2006;2007
TheLegalProcess• Seminar• UniversityofVictoria
2004–2011
CriminalLawTerm(withProf.GerryFerguson)• IntensiveProgram• UniversityofVictoria
Spring2009
CivilLibertiesandtheCharter• UniversityofVictoria
2006–2007
18. Graduate Supervision
SupervisorKennethLaw,Ph.D.,Law
2019-Present
MattiThurlin,JD/MA(Philosophy)
2019-Present
CristinaCandea,JD/MA(Philosophy)
2017-2018
AdelinaIftene,SSHRCPost-DoctoralResearcher• "AgingPrisonersinCanadianPenitentiaries:Challenges,
InstitutionalTreatment,andtheLaw" • Tenure-TrackPositionSecuredatSchulichSchoolofLaw,
DalhousieUniversity
2015-2017
DanaPhillips,Ph.D.,Law• "EvidenceforEquality:Fact-findinginCanadianPublic
InterestLitigationUnders.7oftheCharter"
2016-Present
SamaneHemat,Ph.D.,Law• IndigenousPeoples,ReligiousFreedomAdvocacy,and
InternationalEconomicDevelopment
2014-Present
RobertBoissonealt,LL.M.• PhilosophicalJustificationsforReligiousFreedom
2016-Present
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VenusSayed,LL.M.• “AreMandatoryMinimumsCurable?AnAnalysisofthe‘Safety
Valve’Approach”
2017-Present
DanaPhillips,LL.M.• “Let’sTalkAboutSexualAssault:Investigationthe
RelationshipBetweenSocialandLegalDiscourses”• WinneroftheFacultyofGraduateStudiesMaster’sThesis
Prize
2014-2016
JessicaMcKeachie,LL.M.• “RecoveringthePromiseofPublicTruth:Juridificationandthe
LossofPublicPurposeinPublicInquiries”
2012-2014
HeatherKuiper,LL.M• MajorResearchPaperonEqualityandPhilosophyofLaw
2012-2013
JeanetteGevikoglu,LL.M.• “ReconcilingtheIrreconcilable?:IndigenousIdentityandthe
CriminalJusticeSystem”
2010-2011
GeoffreyConrad,LL.M.• “ExemplarsorExceptions:ImaginingConstitutionalCourtsin
aReligiouslyDiverseSociety”• WinneroftheGovernorGeneral’sSilverMedalforbest
Master’sthesisattheUniversityofVictoria
2010-2011
IlonaCairns,LL.M.• “CrimesofEquality:TheRacialProfilingParadoxofCanada’s
‘WaronTerror.’”• NowaLecturerattheUniversityofAberdeen.
2008-2010
CommitteeMemberJoshuaShaw,Ph.D.,Law
• “TheSocialOrganisationofMedicalAssistanceinDyinginFederalPenitentiaries:ASocio-LegalTheoryofSpace,theBodyandLaw”
2019-Present
InbarPeled,Ph.D.,Law• “‘Multiracialized’:EthiopianIsraelisandThePredicamentof
RacializedMinoritiesinMulticulturalSocieties”
2018-Present
GhunaBdiwi,Ph.D.,Law• “InternationalCriminalAccountabilityinSyria”
2018-Present
FaisalKamal,Ph.D.,PoliticalScience,UniversityofToronto• “ReligiousOntologyandLegalSemantics”
2017-Present
YaelMachtiger,Ph.D.,Socio-LegalStudies,YorkUniversity• “SoundsofSilence:AComparativeSocio-LegalExaminationof
Get(Jewishdivorce)Refusal”
2011-2017
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ChristopherSewrattan,LL.M• “Lostintranslation?Thedifferencebetweenthehearsayrule’s
historicalrationaleandpracticalapplication”
2015-2016
Sarah-JaneNussbaum,Ph.D.,Law• PhilosophicalApproachestoCriminalLaw
2016-Present
KlodianRado,Ph.D.,Law• JudicialGlobalizationandtheSupremeCourtofCanada
2014-2018
DomingoLovera,Ph.D.,Law• ProtestasConstitutionalInterpretation
2013-Present
19. Administrative Contributions to the Law School and University
2018-2019 • (AdministrativeLeavefollowingCompletionofADSDuties)• Chair,PrioritiesandFinanceCommittee• DirectoroftheProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure• PostAwardsCommittee(YorkUniversity)
2017-2018 • AssociateDean(Students)o Ex-Officio:AcademicPolicyandPlanningCommittee;Academic
StandingCommittee;AdmissionsCommittee;EqualityCommittee;FacultyClerkshipAdvisor;Flex-TimeJDWorkingGroup;StandingCommitteeonTeachingandLearning
• MemberofAd-HocLegalEducationWorkingGroup• DirectoroftheProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure
2016-2017 • AssociateDean(Students)o Ex-Officio:AcademicPolicyandPlanningCommittee;Academic
StandingCommittee;AdmissionsCommittee;EqualityCommittee;FacultyClerkshipAdvisor;Flex-TimeJDWorkingGroup;StandingCommitteeonTeachingandLearning
• MemberofAd-HocLegalEducationWorkingGroup• DirectoroftheProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure
2015-2016 • AssociateDean(Students)o exofficio:AcademicPolicyandPlanningCommittee;Academic
StandingCommittee;AdmissionsCommittee;EqualityCommittee;StandingCommitteeonTeachingandLearning
• MemberofAd-HocLegalEducationWorkingGroup• DirectoroftheProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure
2014-2015 • ChairofAdmissionsCommittee• FacultyRecruitmentCommittee• OHFAGrievanceAdvisoryCommittee• DirectorofProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure
2013-2014 • SabbaticalLeave
2012-2013 • FacultyClerkshipCoordinator• AdmissionsCommittee
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• OHFABargainingCommittee• TenureandPromotionsAdjudicatingCommittee
2011-2012 • FacultyClerkshipCoordinator• AdmissionsCommittee• TenureandPromotionsAdjudicatingCommittee
2010-2011 • Co-DirectorofLegalProcess• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyGraduateStudiesAdvisor• AdmissionCommitteeMember• J.I.D.ProgramCommittee• L.R.W.MootJudge• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• SenateCommitteeonAcademicStandards(FacultyofGraduateStudies
Representative,UVic)• SenateCommitteeonAcademicStandardsPercentageGradingSub-Committee
(FacultyofGraduateStudiesRepresentative,UVic)• ReligiousStudiesMajorProgramCommittee(UVic)• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic)
2009-2010 • FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• AdmissionCommitteeMember• AuthorofOpenMemoforLRW• Chair–HumanitarianAwardCommittee• B.I.L.ProgramCommittee• FacultyAdvisor–Dean’sAdvisoryCouncilonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• ReligiousStudiesMajorProgramCommittee(UVic)• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic)
2008-2009 • CompensationandBenefitsCommittee,FacultyAssociation(UVic)• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic)• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety(UVic)
2007-2008 • AdmissionsCommittee(FallOnly)• FacultyAdvisoryCommittee(Appointments)• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCo-AdvisortotheDean’sAdvisoryCommitteeonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawforAll)• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic)• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety(UVic)• TaskForceonMandatoryRetirement,FacultyAssociation(UVic)• DirectorSearchCommittee,CentreforStudiesinReligionandSociety(UVic)
2006-2007 • FacultyofLawHumanitarianAwardCommittee• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCoordinator:ABANegotiationCompetition
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• FacultyAdvisortotheDean’sAdvisoryCommitteeonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(CriminalLawClub)• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety(UVic)
2005-2006 • FacultyofLawCurriculumCommittee• FacultyofLawFirstYearCurriculumReviewWorkingGroup• FacultyofLawReappointment,PromotionandTenureCommittee• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCoordinator:ABANegotiationCompetition• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(WomenandConstitutionBuilding)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(WrongfulConvictions)• AssignedAuthorforFirstYearLRWOpenMemo• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety(UVic)
20. Volunteer Community Activities
GovernanceCommitteeChair,FirstNarayeverCongregation 2019-PresentOntarioJusticeEducationNetwork(OJEN)
• Speaker2012-Present
LawinActionwithinSchools(LAWS)• SpeakerinHighSchoolClasses
2012-Present
TheWalrusMagazine• MemberoftheEducationalReviewCommittee
2010-Present
ConstitutionalFaith:CharterRightsandReligioninCanada• Taughta6weekcommunitycourseforcommunitymembers
inToronto• OfferedbyTheNoorCentre,CongregationEmanu-El,and
EmannuelCollege(UofT)
Spring2013
CongregationEmanu-El• MembershipCommitteeChairandMemberoftheBoardof
Directors
2009–2011
VictoriaRestorativeJusticeSociety• Co-Chair• BoardMember
2008–2011
21. Community Presentations
“OurShiftingUnderstandingofFreedomofReligion”• AgaKhanIsmailiNationalConciliationandArbitrationBoard
April26,2019
“FaithandtheLaw”• 2018IsmailiCentreConversationSeries,“WhoareWe,Where
areWeHeaded?”
October13,2018
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• Otherseriesspeakers:JohnRalstonSaul,AbdallahDaar
“FreedomofReligion”• LawTodaySeries,GeorgianLifelongLearningInstitute
May4,2018
“IntroductiontotheLawofEvidence”• PresentationtohighschoolstudentstakingpartinOntario
JusticeEducationNetwork(OJEN)SummerLawInstitute
August4,2016
“IntroductiontotheLawofEvidence”• PresentationtohighschoolstudentstakingpartinOntario
JusticeEducationNetwork(OJEN)SummerLawInstitute
August25,2015
Presenter• METRACforumonBillS-7,the“ZeroToleranceforBarbaric
CulturalPracticesAct”
April15,2015
“ConfoundingSecularism”• Presentationat“ReflectionsonReligion,Equality,and
Women’sRights”Symposium• LEAF
January30,2015
“StorytellingandtheLawsofEvidence”• PresentationtoGrade11EnglishClassontheLawsof
Evidence,CWJefferysCollegiateInstitute• LAWSProgram
December8,2014
“SecularismandSovereigntyinCanada:Law,Religion,andPoliticsfromtheOriginsoftheNationtothe‘CharterofValues’”
• YorkCirclePresentationforYorkUniversity
September20,2014
DistinguishedSpeakers’SeriespanelontheQuebecCharter• OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity
October23,2014
“ConsentandDisclosure:ADiscussionofR.v.Mabior”• PresentationorganizedbyOsgoodeHallLawSchoolLegal&
LiterarySociety
October17,2012
TheLawofSearchandSeizureinCanada:FoundationalPrinciplesandContemporaryChallenges
• PresentationtoBrentwoodCollegeSchool(studentsingrades10-12)
April7,2009
CommunityForumontheTentCityDecision• PanelistcommentingonVictoriav.Adamsforaudienceoflocal
communityanduniversitystudents.
November17,2008
“ABriefIntroductiontoLaw:TheCaseofAssaultandR.v.Bertuzzi”• DeliveredtotheAboriginalStudentMini-UniversitySummer
Camp
2004-2008
ConferenceonTerrorismandSecurityCertificates• ModeratorforUVicInternationalandHumanRightsLaw
AssociationEvent
March3,2007
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“DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLaw”
• DeliveredtotheVictoriaSecularHumanistSociety
Spring2007
“DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystem”• DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesofthe
WuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina
Summer2006
Harm,MoralityandtheLimitsofCriminalLaw• UVicSpeaker'sBureau• PresentedtotheInmatesofWilliamHeadPenitentiary
Summer2006
ThePathtoLawSchool• PresentedtotheConferenceofSecondarySchoolCounselors• UVicRecruitmentServices
Spring2006
TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedoms• PresentedtotheJewishCommunityCentreofVictoria• UVicSpeaker'sBureau
Spring2006
DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystem• DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesofthe
WuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina
Spring2006
TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedoms• PresentedtotheVictoriaSecularHumanistAssociation• UVicSpeaker'sBureau
Fall2005
Participantina"Teach-In"ontheIdeaofthePassiveCitizen• UVicPoliticalScienceStudents'Association
Fall2005
“Activism,AppointmentsandDecision-makingattheSupremeCourtofCanada”
• ProbusClub,Victoria,MonthlyMeeting• Victoria,BC
June2005
“ReflectionsonModernConstitutions,EmergingDemocraciesandtheRuleofLaw”
• WorldFederalists,VictoriaChapter-GeneralMeeting• Victoria,BC
May2005
TheRationaleandMeritsofS.T.V.• PresentedtotheCommunityForumonElectoralReform
arrangedbytheEnvironmentalLawClub
Spring2005
Participantina"Teach-In"onTerrorismandCivilLiberties• UVicPoliticalScienceStudents'Association
Spring2005
DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystem• DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesofthe
WuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina
Fall2004